ClassLoaderService.java

/*
   Copyright 2013 Rene Nowak 

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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*/
package at.ac.tuwien.infosys.jcloudscale.datastore.configuration;

import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Class Loader related methods
 * Based on Hibernates ClassLoaderService
 */
public interface ClassLoaderService {

    /**
     * Load the resource with the given name from the classpath
     *
     *
     * @param name the resource name
     * @return the resource as input stream
     */
    InputStream locateResourceStream(String name);
}